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Table 8 The mean of parenting knowledge, attitudes, and practices between the baseline and follow-up

From: The effect of ECD program on the caregiver’s parenting knowledge, attitudes, and practices: based on a cluster-randomized controlled trial in economically vulnerable areas of China

 

Baseline

(1)

Follow-up

(2)

(2)-(1)

DID

P

 

Treatment

Control

Treatment

Control

Treatment

Control

Knowledge

        

KIDI total score

0.506

0.523

0.477

0.485

-0.030

-0.038

0.008

0.412

Attitude

    

PLOC overall

65.480

65.003

64.225

63.943

-1.255

-1.061

-0.194

0.735

PLOC parental efficacy

15.808

15.391

14.503

14.003

-1.305

-1.388

0.083

0.732

PLOC parental responsibility

16.364

16.118

16.007

16.135

-0.358

0.017

-0.374

0.280

PLOC child control of parent’s life

15.136

15.236

15.526

15.471

0.391

0.236

0.155

0.532

PLOC parental control of child’s behavior

18.172

18.259

18.189

18.333

0.017

0.074

-0.058

0.845

Practice

    

Parent-child interactions

    

Reading books

0.417

0.403

0.692

0.549

0.275

0.146

0.129

0.008

Telling stories

0.321

0.346

0.613

0.481

0.291

0.136

0.156

0.001

Singing songs

0.570

0.651

0.639

0.617

0.070

-0.034

0.103

0.022

Taking child outside the home for play

0.798

0.841

0.742

0.793

-0.056

-0.047

-0.009

0.831

Playing with the child with toys

0.695

0.793

0.728

0.678

0.033

-0.115

0.148

0.001

Naming things, counting, drawing

0.444

0.441

0.579

0.454

0.136

0.014

0.122

0.013

Disciplining practices

    

Taking away children’s things

2.685

2.654

2.434

2.492

-0.252

-0.163

-0.089

0.345

Limiting time

2.679

2.600

2.076

2.136

-0.603

-0.464

-0.138

0.175

Explanation

1.689

1.712

1.450

1.498

-0.238

-0.214

-0.025

0.779